Abstract |
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: METHODS: The retrospective study was carried out at a tertiary care hospital of Uttarakhand and included all the new cases of tuberculosis aged more than 18 years attending medicine outpatient and inpatient departments over a period of 1 year. Detailed demographic, clinical, and biochemical data were obtained from the hospital record section and tabulated. RESULTS: Most patients with tuberculosis and anemia were more than 50 years of age. Clearly, males outnumbered females. Approximately, 80% patients were illiterates. A majority (71, 39.2%) of the patients had BMI within the range of 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2. The most common symptoms of tubercular patients with and without anemia were cough, fever, breathlessness, and hemoptysis. However, pallor was the most common sign. Clearly, hematological indices were lower in patients with anemia. In total, 112 (60%) patients had mild anemia and 103 (56.9%) patients had normocytic normochromic anemia. Significant association was found between Body Mass Index (BMI) and anemia in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Similarly, severity of anemia co-related significantly with BMI of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. BMI showed a significant correlation with hemoglobin, packed cell volume, mean corpuscular cell volume, and red cell distribution width (RDW). In addition, age showed a significant correlation with hemoglobin and RDW. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Anirudh Mukherjee, Nidhi Kaeley, Minakshi Dhar, Subodh Kumar, Bharat Bhushan |
Journal | Journal of family medicine and primary care
(J Family Med Prim Care)
Vol. 8
Issue 7
Pg. 2445-2449
(Jul 2019)
ISSN: 2249-4863 [Print] India |
PMID | 31463274
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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